Verbascum. XCI. SCR0PHULAR1ACE.E. 397 



Culyx J Sterile liU. minute or 0. (Iratio/a. 13 



^ C'oroll.i < 5 imrted. ( ftJtcriJc til8. forked. . llyiantliuit. H 



•' liiliiliiale. ( Calyx 4imrtc(l. Fl. minute. Itintiaitthua. 15 



Flowers diandrous. ( Corolla subequully -tlobed Vnnniai. ID 



i Lc!t\i;s serralir. . MuuutuH. lu 



f Stamens < Leaves miiliilid. CuiKjiia. \\ 



i included. ( Leaves iiiiire. l\fi i>isiin. yi 

 Hia. ascending \ FIs. s|)icale. ilhinunlhus. 27 

 beneath the ;;;dea. { F'Ih. solitJiry. Melanipyrum.W 

 Sta. declinale in lower lip. (JuHumin. 7 

 K Lv8. ovatelanreolate. Jiuc/inera. 20 

 Cor.5- Cpurple. < Lvs. linear, entile. . . (icrardia. 'ii 

 lobed, 1 U'al.S-partcd. >>>'/;//<•//«. 21 

 sub- "1 ^ Anth. equal. H'al.5-toolhd.L'ov(/v/w/a. 24 

 orminule. le<iual, l yellow. ^ Anthers ui:ti;i!id. , (ititplnjila. 23 

 .Sterile tilament scalelike.iidherenl to the ovoid corolla. SoopUularia. 6 

 Herbs with oppo- 

 site leaves Lnamous. (.sterile nianuiiiion^', e.\.serie<i. uearuen. sus. upierou.s. I'tniiicmon. v 



Trees with large cordate leaves, and panicles of tubular, scarlet liowers. . . . Paulownia. 5 



TniBE 1. SAIiPIGIiOSSE-E. 



1. S C II 1 Z A N T II U S . Ruiz & Pavori. 



Gl'. cyi^a, to cut, a»'(5os, a flower; in ullu.sion to the numerous divisions of the showy corolla. 



Corolla irregular, the upper lip 5-cleft, external in aestivation, low- 

 er much smaller, 3-parted ; filaments 4, 2 of them sterile ; capsule 

 2-celled. — ®from Chili. Lvs, 'pimialijid. alternate. Cyvies supra- 

 axillary. 



S. piNNATUs. Ruiz & Pavon. — Lvs. 1 — 2-pinnately cleft; cor. tube shorter 

 than the calyx, middle segment o(" the posterior lip, 2-lobed, cucullate, lateral 

 segment falcate-spatulate, middle segment of the anterior lip emarginate, late- 

 ral 4-lobed; $ia. ex.serted. — Plant 1 — 2(high, with delicate and beautiful flowers 

 in clusters opposite the leaves. Calyx and peduncles viscid-pubescent. Corolla 

 purple and yellow, with a dark .spot in the midst. | 



Tribe 2. VERBASCEJE. 



2. VERBASCUM. 



Lat. harha, beard; a name significant of the beard with which the plant is covered. 



Corolla rotate, 5-lobcd, unequal ; stamens 5, declinate, all perfect ; 

 capsule ovoid-globose, 2-valved. — (I) rarely % or suffruticose. Lvs. al- 

 ternate. FIs. in spikes or ])a?iiculaie racemes. 



1. V. TH.iPsus. Common Mullein. 



Lvs. decurrent, densely tomentose on both sides ; rac. spiked, dense ; three 

 of the stamens downy, two of them smooth. — The tall, dense, club-shaped .'^pikes 

 of the common mullein are very conspicuous in every slovenly field and by all 

 roadsides, U. S. and Can. Stem erect, 3— 5f high, woolly, its angles winged 

 by the decurrent base of the leaves, generally simple, occasionally with one or 

 two branches above. Leaves very rough with dense wool on both sides. Flow- 

 ers rotate, of a golden yellow, nearly sessile. Notwithstanding its frequency, 

 the mullein is generally suppo.sed tohave been introduced. Jn. — Aug. 



2. V. Blattaria. Mutli Mullein. 



Lvs. clasping, oblong, smooth, serrate ; ped. 1-flowered, solitary. — (J) Grows 

 in waste grounds, roadsides, N. Eng. to la. ! not common. Stem 3f high, 

 branching above, bearing a terminal, leafy raceme 2 — 4' long. Lower leaves 

 oblong, obovate; upper ones cordate-ovate, all coarsely and doubly .seirate. 

 Flowers on pedicels near an inch in length. Corolla yellow or white, marked 

 with brown at the back. Stamens unequal, purplish, the filaments all hairy. 

 Jn. Jl. 



3. V. Lychnitis. 



Whitish subtomentose ; st. and paniculate branches angular ; lvs. green 

 above, crenate, lower petioled, narrowed to the base, upper ones sessile ; panicle 

 pyramidal, fascicles loosclv manv-flowered ; cal. small, with lancc-subulate seg- 

 ments ; Jil. with white wool.— Banks of thr- Delaware, near Philadelphia, Purs/i. 

 Ky. McMurt. Leaves very canescent beneath. Flowers pale yellow. 



